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A popular free video-sharing Web site that lets registered users upload and share video clips online at the YouTube.com Web site. To view the videos you are not required to register. Launched in 2005 by former PayPal employees, the video-sharing site was acquired by Google Inc. in October 2006 for US $1.65 billion in Google stock. YouTube is currently based in San Bruno, CA and is a subsidiary of Google, Inc.

To set up a YouTube account users must be 13+ years of age. However users do not need to sign-in to access the website or to view videos. There is however a YouTube kids version now available to download for free. YouTube kids is designed for children aged  3-8 years old and makes it easier for children and parents to find content they are interested in.

 Key benefits and features of YouTube

• Create an account to share videos up to 15 minutes long with your family and friends. You can upload videos that are longer than 15 minutes if you follow steps to verify your account. There is a guide to doing this on the YouTube Help pages. 

• Use the YouTube edit facility to create a movie with music and other features.

• Restrict who views your videos with YouTube's privacy option.

• Search the archive for your favorite clips.

• Catch up with programmers you’ve missed via ‘channels’ like 4oD, Channel 4’s playback channel.

• Comment on and rate movies you’ve watched.

• Watch a full-length feature film on your computer.

• Use YouTube's caption and subtitle facilities, and take advantage of its 3D and high-definition capability.

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How To Watch Videos On YouTube

In order to get personalized results, create playlists, or comment on other videos, users must create a YouTube account or associate their YouTube account with their global Google account. This is so YouTube can "learn" your preferences; for example, say you look for videos that help you learn how to play the guitar. The next time you visit YouTube, if you're signed into your Google account, YouTube will automatically serve up more videos that teach you how to play the guitar. This feature helps YouTube personalize what they show to users so they offer a more relevant user experience. However, if you would rather that YouTube did not save your preferences, simply do not sign in to your Google account when using YouTube.

Sharing Videos You Enjoy 

If you find a video you particularly enjoy and want to share with others, users have multiple options for sharing something they enjoy with friends and family. Email, along with every major social networking service, is offered, as well as the ability to embed the video or share the URL. Many videos on YouTube go "viral" this way; this is a phenomenon by which a video, by virtue of being shared and viewed by a large number of people, chocks up a large amount of views. Many viral videos number view counts in the hundreds of millions - that's a lot of videos that are being shared and viewed by people all over the world.

Uploading Your Videos To YouTube

Feel like sharing your home videos with the world? You're in good company - there are hundreds of thousands of people all around the world that upload videos every single day to YouTube. YouTube has made every effort to make sure that the uploading process is as intuitive as possible. All you need to do is find the video on your computer, fill out the necessary fields (topic, keywords, description), and click upload. You will receive an email notification once the video is completely uploaded - depending on the size of the video and the speed of your Internet connection, it can take anywhere from just a few seconds to several minutes.

How to Keep Videos You Enjoy For Later

Bookmarked so you can come back to them again and again, whenever you like. You can make playlists of videos easily, therefore making an uninterrupted stream, add a video to your Favorites list (found again by clicking on your account dashboard), or subscribe to any video user's account to make sure every time that they upload something you are notified.